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Jennifer Hiller

@jenhiller.bsky.social
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Wall Street Journal energy reporter covering renewables, energy transition, EV charging, new nuclear, the grid. Houston based. Ex-Reuters, Express-News. Story tips: jennifer.hiller@wsj.com What is this place and where is everybody?

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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 10h
Data centers are asking for a lot of electricity. The power industry has another question: Are you real? My latest, free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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‘Phantom’ Data Centers Are Demanding More From the Power Grid Than They Need
Utilities are imposing higher electricity rates and collateral requirements to identify legitimate data-center projects to better plan their own investments.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
His day job is managing the mutual fund Abraham Fortress Fund. Salem Abraham's other obsession is fighting his utility over wildfire risk and the state of wooden power poles: www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
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The Texas Trader at War With His Electric Company Over Power Poles
Wildfires are putting America’s aging electric grid under mounting strain at a time when power demand is soaring.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Exclusive: Fusion startup Xcimer Energy is working with aerospace and defense company RTX on pulsed laser weapons to shoot down drone swarms. My latest, free link: www.wsj.com/business/cou...
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Exclusive | Could Laser Fusion Tech Be Used to Shoot Down Missiles and Drones?
Defense company RTX is working with fusion energy startup Xcimer, using technology that harks back to the Cold War era.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy has a deal to sell power to Google from its big project in southwestern Utah. It's almost 400 megawatts. Google can add another 600. My latest, free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive | Fervo Secures Its Largest-Ever Geothermal Power Deal, With Google
The company, which counts Bill Gates as an early backer, went public in a buzzy IPO in May.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Westinghouse went bankrupt almost a decade ago building big reactor projects. Now it's planning an IPO and the government could become a big shareholder. Free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Westinghouse Electric Wants to Ride a Nuclear Power Revival to an IPO
The company has a powerful ally with an incentive to see it grow: the U.S. government.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The U.S. has several new nuclear reactors in the works for the first time in years. Now comes the hard part, building, and finding out winners and losers. Latest story, free link: www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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Inside the Race to Build America’s First Nuclear Reactor in a Generation
Renewed interest in atomic energy and AI mania are colliding at the Idaho National Lab—where Oklo and rivals hope to revive the long-stagnant industry.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Exclusive: Form Energy raises $750 million. The startup is building 100-hour batteries in West Virginia. My latest, free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive | Energy Startup Raises $750 Million for Rust-Powered Batteries
Form Energy’s fundraising has surpassed $2 billion for batteries that can continuously run for 100 hours.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Exclusive: Zach Dell's Base Power raises another $1 billion to put a battery in your backyard: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive | Zach Dell Is Raising Money to Put a Battery in Your Backyard
Base Power, co-founded by Michael Dell’s son, lands a $13 billion valuation as electricity demand and battery storage are booming.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The cost of building all kinds of power generation is going up, which is more bad news for future electricity costs. My latest, free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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America’s Demand for Power Is Soaring—and So Are the Costs of Building Out the Grid
Equipment backlogs, permitting delays, tariffs and yearslong waits to connect to the grid are pushing up the expense.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A huge heatwave, drought, wildfires and new AI data centers. Here's a look at the risks to the power grid this summer. Free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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The ‘Five Alarm’ Risks Facing the Power Grid This Summer
High temperatures, new AI data centers and drought conditions pose challenges to the electricity system.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
There's been a huge question mark around large nuclear reactor construction construction in the U.S. The Trump administration is trying to unstick it with $17.5B in loans for utility-Westinghouse partnerships to get AP1000 parts ordered. My latest, exclusive (free link): www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive | U.S. Bets Billions of Dollars in Low-Cost Loans Can Revive Nuclear Power
The Energy Department will let utilities tap government funds to kick-start reactor orders.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Trump Media/$DJT may-or may not-spin off Truth Social before, during or after a merger with fusion firm TAE Technologies. Kevin McGurn, the new interim CEO, who helped spark the fusion deal, has to figure out how and whether to separate disparate businesses. My latest: www.wsj.com/business/tru...
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Trump Media’s Latest Pivot Is a Leadership Shake-Up
Kevin McGurn helped drive the company’s unexpected foray into fusion energy. Now, he will have to figure out how to manage a diverse group of businesses as its CEO.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The U.S. now has a couple of commercial nuclear power projects under construction for the first time in years. Free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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America’s First Commercial Nuclear-Power Projects in a Decade Just Broke Ground
Bill Gates-backed TerraPower and Google partner Kairos are building nuclear plants in Wyoming and Tennessee.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Higher global oil prices are hiking electricity costs in the more remote parts of the U.S. Utilities in Hawaii and Alaska, where a lot of oil-fired power generation is used, are passing along those higher fuel costs to customers. Latest story, free link: www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
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Hawaii and Alaska Are Feeling the Brunt of the Energy Shock
Electricity bills are rising in those oil-dependent regions, while lower natural-gas prices have insulated most of the rest of the country.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The $6 billion Trump Media-TAE Technologies planned merger started with a casual catchup between college friends. Here's a look inside an unexpected fusion matchup. #energy #fusion My latest, free link: www.wsj.com/business/how...
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How Trump Media Joined the Nuclear Industry’s Quest to Create a Star on Earth
Fusion company TAE Technologies was facing a funding crunch last year when it found an unlikely partner.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A nuclear-power developer thinks it can add 10 gigawatts by squeezing more out of existing plants. Backers include former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and Isabelle Boemeke aka Isodope. Free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive | A Nuclear-Power Startup Says It Can Rouse the Slow-Moving Industry
Alva Energy has the support of former Intel chief Pat Gelsinger, whose venture firm led its recent $33 million fundraising round.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Siemens Energy will spend $1 billion to boost U.S. manufacturing for grid and power generation equipment. That includes restarting gas-turbine manufacturing in North Carolina. The CEO is also cautious about what gas turbine demand looks like in the 2030s. Free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Siemens Energy to Spend $1 Billion to Boost Manufacturing of Electrical-Grid Equipment
Investments include restarting manufacturing of gas turbines, the monster machines needed to supply reliable power for the AI-data-center boom.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Can the U.S. build big nuclear reactors again? The Trump administration is betting $80 billion on the idea, which could mean eight AP1000 reactors across four sites. My latest, free link:https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/can-the-u-s-make-big-nuclear-reactors-1ab24db9?
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Big tech needs access to the grid for AI data centers. In many cases, crypto got there first. Free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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AI Data Centers Are Banging on Crypto’s Door
Developers desperately need access to electricity—and bitcoin miners are in a prime position to assist.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Rick Perry's $17 billion startup Fermi has started building a huge data center and power campus in Amarillo. It aims for four big nuclear reactors. But first, it will build gas power. Free link to my latest: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Rick Perry’s Nuclear Ambitions Begin With Gas Power
Fermi, a buzzy startup that recently went public, is positioned to benefit from the AI data-center boom and a potential nuclear-power renaissance.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
AI data centers need a lot of electricity. The grid is backlogged. Some are building their own power plants-‘grab yourself a couple of turbines...’ Latest article, link past the paywall: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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AI Data Centers, Desperate for Electricity, Are Building Their Own Power Plants
Utilities are pushing to increase supply, but meeting the surge in demand won’t be easy or fast. Tech companies aren’t waiting around.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Constellation Energy have a nuclear deal. Meta will buy the output of an Illinois reactor for 20 years, which will help cover relicensing costs, maintenance and operations. It's a PPA, so power stays on the grid. Free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Nuclear Power Giant’s Stock Surges on 20-Year Deal With Meta
The tech giant will buy the power generation of an Illinois nuclear plant under a deal with Constellation Energy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/05/2025
New from @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social: When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.
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The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
A big, decommissioned coal plant was just imploded to make way for (of course) big data centers and what would be the country’s largest natural gas-fired power plant. My latest, free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive | A Big Coal Plant Was Just Imploded to Make Way for an AI Data Center
The country’s largest natural-gas power plant is planned east of Pittsburgh.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Interesting read from Rachel Louise Ensign. “All this means that economic growth is unusually reliant on rich Americans continuing to shell out.” Free link: www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
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The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
The highest-earning 10% of Americans account for almost 50% of all consumer spending.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Work continues at projects that have already started construction on land or offshore, but Trump has created confusion about what’s next for wind power. (Free link) www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Trump Paralyzes the U.S. Wind Power Industry
The president, who despises wind turbines, has paused federal permits and leasing for such projects, putting company plans in limbo.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
On tariffs risk from Jinjoo Lee: "As surging power demand from places such as data centers is set to strain the system, transformers, the nuts and bolts of the power system, look particularly vulnerable." Free link: www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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How Tariffs Could Shock America’s Power System
Transformers used in power grids are especially vulnerable to trade disruptions.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Constellation is buying Calpine, a matchup to create a massive power generator at a time when the tech industry has an insatiable appetite for power. In the cash-stock-debt deal, Calpine investors will hang onto shares in Constellation for at least 18 months. Free link: www.wsj.com/business/dea...
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Constellation Energy Agrees to Buy Calpine for $16.4 Billion
The merger combines two of the country’s largest power generators as demand for electricity surges.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Renewable energy was a punching bag during President-elect Trump's campaign, and developers have been in a scramble post-election. #energysky New year, new story, free link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Green-Energy Firms’ Pitch to Trump: You’re Going to Need a Lot of Power
Instead of touting projects as “clean and affordable,” renewables firms are highlighting their projects’ ability to meet energy needs.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
For an increasing number of homeowners, taxes and insurance make up more than half of the monthly mortgage payment. (Raises hand in Texas). Free link: www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
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Insurance and Taxes Now Cost More Than Mortgages for Many Homeowners
These ballooning expenses are rewriting the math of homeownership.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office will make a $15 billion loan--its biggest yet--to PG&E for grid work. Story by Scott Patterson and Katherine Blunt, with link past the paywall: www.wsj.com/us-news/clim...
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Exclusive | Biden Administration Agrees to Record $15 Billion Loan to PG&E
The Energy Department loan would finance the California utility’s efforts to upgrade the power grid and reduce emissions.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Interesting story from the Washington Post on Elon Musk's shift in attitude on climate change. Gift link: wapo.st/3ONQkHA
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Musk’s politics hadn’t seeped into Tesla. Then he axed its eco car of the future.
The Tesla CEO was once an outspoken voice on climate change. But Musk now argues many risks are overstated, a stance that could influence Trump and help his businesses.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11/12/2024
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas. Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Catchup read if you missed it yesterday - profile of Energy Secretary pick Chris Wright, by @benmorenne.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump’s Energy Secretary Pick Preaches the Benefits of Climate Change
Fracking CEO Chris Wright points to positive changes produced by global warming, in contrast with what some oil giants say.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
JB Straubel of Redwood Materials is an EV/battery optimist. “It feels a bit like we are inventing the next generation of refineries-so to speak.” By Tim Higgins, free link: www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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In the Desert With an EV Entrepreneur Who Insists Trump Will Be Good for Business
JB Straubel brims with optimism for the electric-vehicle market he helped create and his plans for again disrupting another industry: mining.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
It’s a goofy little art installation in the middle of nowhere on the way to Big Bend.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Somewhere south of Marathon. Yes, there we forced family photos as well.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
For the weekend, the WSJ 'Wicked' review. (FWIW my crew of moms and girls loved it). Link past the paywall: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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‘Wicked’ Review: A Movie Musical of Old-Fashioned Magic
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star in director Jon M. Chu’s lavishly entertaining adaptation of the Broadway hit set in the land of Oz.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Shale tycoons don’t want to drill baby drill and grow production. They do want the LNG export ban lifted on day one of the new Trump administration. Free link, Story by Benoit Morenne and Collin Eaton: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Trump’s Oil and Gas Donors Don’t Really Want to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
Fossil-fuel tycoons helped return Donald Trump to the presidency. Now, they are seeking to lock use of their products for years to come.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I thought so too
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Glencore turns to scrap metal and wants your junk for the energy transition. Free link, story by Ryan Dezember: www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
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Your Junk Is Needed for the New Electric Era
In remote Quebec, mining giant Glencore is turning America’s electronic trash back into treasure.
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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The DOE is racing to close $25 billion in pending loans to businesses building major clean energy projects across the country. My talented colleagues on one of Biden’s last chances to cement his climate legacy before Trump takes office next year. www.eenews.net/articles/bid...
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Biden inks billion-dollar climate deals to foil Trump rollbacks
The administration is accelerating the approval of large loans for clean technologies that the president-elect attacked on the campaign trail.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Shale is ascendant. Trump’s choice for energy secretary, Chris Wright, says there’s no energy transition or climate crisis, and fossil fuels can improve global energy poverty. Story from Benoit Morenne and Collin Eaton: (free link) www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Trump’s Choice for Energy Secretary Is a Fracking Booster and Climate Skeptic
Chris Wright’s nomination elevates a pugnacious branch of the oil-and-gas industry that mostly hasn’t pledged to build out low-carbon energy businesses, unlike giants Exxon and Chevron.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
What’s next in AI? Column from Christopher Mims on what’s after chatbots, and I am most interested in the laundry folding. (link past the paywall): www.wsj.com/tech/ai/a-po...
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A Powerful AI Breakthrough Is About to Transform the World
The technology driving ChatGPT is capable of so much more. What’s coming next will make talking bots look like mere distractions.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
NEW Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases. Ending the credit could have grave implications for an already stalling EV transition. Tesla - by far the nation's largest EV seller - has told Trump’s transition it supports ending it.
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Exclusive: Trump's transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
GM cuts another 1000 jobs as sales of EVs are rising, but those vehicles are still losing money - www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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GM Cuts 1,000 More Jobs as EV Push Continues
General Motors has cut 1,000 jobs, according to a person familiar with the reductions, marking the latest effort by the automaker to trim costs as it ramps up sales in unprofitable electric vehicles.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Exxon at COP decides to poke the incoming Trump administration. Interesting and long running split between the oil majors and independents continues. Yesterday’s news but here’s the link: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive | Exxon Says Trump Should Keep U.S. in Paris Climate Pact
In an interview, Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods says Trump’s plan to pull the U.S. out of the Paris agreement is a bad idea.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
In Ukraine, workers are dismantling power plants for parts. Fascinating and depressing read from colleagues in Europe (link past the paywall) #energysky www.wsj.com/world/inside...
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
How the deal to restart Three Mile Island came together between Constellation and Microsoft. (The idea started when Sam Altman gave a presentation about crazy power needs). Link past the paywall. #energysky www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
That's awesome. Love the feeling of beating the system!
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